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In the apse beyond, the Baroque master gives full vent to his exuberance with his bronze and marble Cathedra of St. Peter, throne of the Apostle’s successors.
The Roman basilica’s long colonnaded nave leading to an apse gave way to the Greek cross with a central space surrounded by arches and topped by a dome.
In the apse there’s a moving mosaic of the Madonna above a frieze of the 12 Apostles.
In the apse of the Greek-columned interior is a delightful mosaic of St. Apollinaris, Ravenna’s first martyr and bishop, surrounded by 12 sheep representing the Apostles, with Moses and Elijah in the clouds above him.
In the Upper Basilica, reopened in 2000 after intense round-the-clock restoration, Cimabue’s works in the apse and left transept have turned black, looking like photo negatives because of the oxidized white lead in his paints, yet you can still feel the intensity of the crowd’s anguish in his Crucifixion, blessedly untouched by the earthquake’s damaging force.